Phạm Bình Minh
Phạm Bình Minh (born 26 March 1959) is a Vietnamese diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2021 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2013 to 2023. Between September 2021 and his dismissal in January 2023, he also served as the Permanent Deputy Prime Minister, the most senior among the deputy prime ministers, in the Cabinet of Phạm Minh Chính. Minh was also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's highest decision-making body, headed by General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.
Phạm Bình Minh | |
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Minh during a visit to Japan in 2019 | |
| Permanent Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 6 September 2021 – 5 January 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Phạm Minh Chính |
| Preceded by | Trương Hòa Bình |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| In office 13 November 2013 – 6 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Phạm Minh Chính |
| Preceded by | Phạm Gia Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Trần Lưu Quang (2023) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 3 August 2011 – 8 April 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc |
| Preceded by | Phạm Gia Khiêm |
| Succeeded by | Bùi Thanh Sơn |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 29 August 2007 – 2 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lê Công Phụng |
| Succeeded by | Nguyen Phuong Nga |
| Director General of the Department for International Organizations, Foreign Affairs | |
| In office March 2003 – September 2006 | |
| Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Vietnam in the United States | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Member of the Politburo | |
| In office 27 January 2016 – 30 December 2022 | |
| General Secretary | Nguyễn Phú Trọng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 March 1959 Nam Định Province, North Vietnam (now Nam Định Province, Vietnam) |
| Political party | Communist Party of Vietnam (1981–present) |
| Spouse | Nguyễn Nguyệt Nga |
| Children | Phạm Bình Anh Phạm Bình Nam |
| Parent(s) | Nguyễn Cơ Thạch (father) Phan Thị Phúc (mother) |
| Alma mater | Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy |
| Awards | Labor Order |
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Born in Nam Định Province, Minh was educated at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam and at Tufts University. He is the son of Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, who also served as vice premier and foreign minister of Vietnam.
On December 30, 2022, he was voted out of both the Central Committee and the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and stepped down from his position on January 5, 2023, after the National Assembly selected a successor. His dismissal was announced without specific reasons, but the moves come after he was accused of being involved in a scheme to extort fees to repatriate Vietnamese citizens stuck abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic with his ministerial assistant being arrested earlier in September 2022.